Indonesia sebagai negara pertama yang dikunjungi setelah Partai Buruh memenangkan pemilu menunjukkan perlunya Australia untuk memperkuat hubungannya dengan Indonesia.
Strategy
Sejumlah pengamat hubungan internasional berharap Australia dan Indonesia bisa memiliki hubungan yang lebih bermakna, setelah kunjungan Perdana Menteri Anthony Albanese ke Jakarta untuk bertemu Presiden Prabowo Subianto.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday he will travel to Indonesia next week as a “signal” of the importance Canberra places in the region in his first overseas visit since Saturday’s election victory.
The Indonesian government has passed revisions to Law No. 34/2004 on the National Military — allowing active military personnel to hold positions in more civil government bodies and ministries — which have ignited dispute among civil society organisations.
Indonesia’s defence minister has assured Australia it will not allow Russian planes to be based in Papua province after a United States media outlet reported that Moscow was pushing to get access to a military base in Papua.
Australian officials are working frantically to prevent Russia from achieving a goal to base several long-range aircraft in Indonesia, just 1400 kilometres from the Australian mainland.
Prabowo and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi signed the joint declaration following their meeting in the Egyptian capital on Saturday, the Cabinet Secretariat said in a statement.
Indonesia and Türkiye will strengthen ties with strategic agreements and commitment to multilateralism as Indonesian President Prabowo visits Türkiye.
Much has been said about the controversial amendment of the 2004 Indonesian Military (TNI) Law. Critics say is meant to revive the dual function (dwifungsi) of the military that underpinned Soeharto’s authoritarian regime.
The Albanese government has hung its hat on improving ties with Australia’s two near regions, the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
The impending maritime boundary agreement between Indonesia and Vietnam represents a watershed moment in Southeast Asian geopolitics, with implications far beyond bilateral relations.
Beijing’s outreach builds relationships with prominent Muslim organizations, while influencing the narratives about China’s treatment of its own Muslim minorities.
When it comes to fleet modernisation program, the Indonesian navy seems to be biting off more than it can chew.
President Prabowo’s foreign policy thus far paints a picture of continuity – but there are a few longer-term issues to watch regarding China and ASEAN.
Indonesia’s legislature has fast-tracked discussions on a bill to revise the country’s military law with provisions that may expand the armed forces’ role in civilian governance – a move critics warn could erode decades of democratic progress.
The question of East Timor clearly distils the troubled ways in which Australia and Indonesia are entangled.
